Brits fib about being ill to soak up sun

Sun-starved staff confessed they’d called their bosses and fibbed to stay away longer.

A survey found 48% of employees admitted they’d had extra fun in the sun when they should have been at work during the past three weeks.

Men are the worst culprits, with nearly eight out of 10 saying they had skived off.

Some people extended a planned weekend away into a full-week break, either by honestly asking for extra time off or falsely claiming to be ill.

Eight out of 10 men say they have skived off work (PICPOSEDBYMODEL)

“A survey found 48% of employees admitted they’d had extra fun in the sun ”

George Harrison, of Harrison Holidays, who carried out the survey, said: “Well over half our guests camping at our sites across the north-west have extended their stays from long weekends to full weeks.

“We were inundated with calls to request longer stays and have just recorded our best weekend of the year.”

But as the heatwave was replaced by downpours, a mother and her two young daughters were left clinging for life to a tree stump in the middle of a river as flood waters rose rapidly around them.

The trio, who had gone for a dip in the River Ure, near Masham, North Yorks, at the weekend, were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter.